San Diego State University: new online Graduate Certificate in Online Web and Mobile Application Development.

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State Colleges and Universities

“The Evolutionary Online MBA“: An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the State University of New York Oswego Master of Business Administration.

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Community and Technical Colleges

Online learning opportunities should increase thanks to a new agreement between Pearson Education and Ocean County Community College (NJ).

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Military – Active Duty, Reserve/National Guard, Veterans

Excelsior College (NY) partners with the New York State Veterans of Foreign Wars.

. . . The Excelsior College and VFW education partnership provides discounted tuition rates to veterans who are VFW members and their spouses. The college enrollment fees for veterans who qualify for the partnership is cut from $395 to $130. Qualifying veterans taking at least six credits will also not have to pay a $440 annual student services fee and will have a one-time graduation fee cut from $495 to $130.

…In addition, Excelsior has reduced graduate-level tuition for Army personnel to $250 per credit, in line with Military Tuition Assistance limits. Reduced tuition is available to Army personnel enrolling for the March 2011 term. For personnel in other military branches, reduced tuition applies to the May 2011 term…

Good news, indeed.

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George Washington University (DC) announced last month it will open an online high school. More and more “big name” colleges and universities are jumping into this market.

…Florida’s attorney general is currently investigating eight for-profit colleges, which have been the subjects of 183 consumer complaints. Two-thirds of the complaints were against two schools, Everest University and Kaplan University, which both operate large online programs out of Florida…

…One study of 225 students at Friends University, a Christian university in Wichita, Kan., found students enrolled in online classes were actually less likely to cheat than those enrolled in traditional classroom courses. One possible reason is that students in online classes are more often allowed to work at their own pace, reducing the pressure to cheat to meet a test or paper deadline…